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Long Ball / Long-Balled / Paintball Definitions
Long-balled in pretty close definition to how it sounds. It is when someone shoots at you from a long distance, rather than engaging their opponent. A player may continue to get long-balled for a number of reasons. For one, a player may not have the confidence to engage the enemy. A player may not have the confidence to come out of his bunker and shoot at his opponent from a close range. He may think that he is outmatched by his opponent, or he may think that he is outnumbered. For any number of reasons, the paintball player may decide that the potential risks for moving towards outweigh the benefits, and he may decide to stay back and continue to long-ball.
Intimidating Your Opponent. One way to keep your enemy in the back of the field is by intimidating him. By taking away a player's confidence, you make him unsure of himself and hesitant to make the first move. No matter what your level of experience is, walk around like you are a tour professional with the best paintball gear on the field. The first time one of your opponents tries to bunker you, unleash hell on him by leaving several paint markes all over his uniform. One great strategy for amateur or semi-pro players is to walk the field letting the other team, think that you are a professional player. You don't have to outright lie to make them think that you are a superior player, just quietly look at them and let them assume that you are more experienced. One move of a great intimidator is to surprise your opponents early. In one small airball course, a master player began the game by conserving his shots, and engaging an enemy team eager to show the new guy who was the loss on their field. The two sides exchange paint for awhile, with the new guy shooting economically, while the home team peppered the field with paint. The critical moment of the day came when the new guy cocked his gun once to load a ball, and reached back as if to grab another tube of paint with his other arm. This was the big break that the home team was waiting for. The home team then stormed ahead to bunker the new guy, but to their surprise, he took his free hand away from his pod of paint and pulled it back to his gun and started firing. At this point, the surprised home team began to turn around and run in the other direction, but it was too late. The unfortunate home team were all eliminated.
This early surprise by the new guy led to the classic example of "getting into the other guy's head." From this game, until the end of the day, the other team were less confident in their game, and they were more likely to try to take defensive positions rather than offensive ones. The new player for the rest of the day, was able to control the tempo of the games, and he usually found himself in situations where he was getting long-balled by the other team. By keeping the enemy guessing and not knowing what new tricks he had in store for them, this intimidator was able to keep the enemy on their heels, and this allowed the new guy to make all of the first moves. For more informative articles about mastering the game of paintball, Splat Magazine offers numerous articles on patinball gear and paintball tactics. There are also a number of great national manufacturers of markers, parts, and accessories, such as System X Paintball, and Major Paintball. If you feel like you are overloaded with information and not sure what to buy, there are a number of excellent resources out there. First, there are paintball magazines like Paintball Sports, P8NT Magazine, and Paintball City. Most of the magazines mentioned above publish monthly, with articles on the latest markers, the latest loader systems, and upgrades to improve the performance of your marker. Use these resources to fin out what the professionals are playing with, and where and when the major industry events are taking place in 2007/2008. To make sure that you keep getting long-balled by your opponent, learn pro-moves, and find out where to get your progear. Learn as much as you can about the game, and master paintball tactics so that you will always remain one step ahead of your opponents.
To stay ahead of the game, learn how to shoot right around bunkers, and how to disguise your moves. One of the first skills to learn is how to keep your body, arms, and marker nice and tight as you come out of a bunker to fire. When gearing up to fire from around a corner, or out of the side of a bunker, do not expose any more of your body or gear than is absolutely necessary. When leaning around the bunker, try to keep your hands and gun in a nice line up as that your gun barrel is only about two inches from safety, and take a couple quick shots before retreating back into safety.
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